Jonathan Edwards, Food, and Happiness

Jonathan Edwards viewed ... ( everything ) ... as the divinely appointed means of experiencing
the holy God he found so addictive to his soul.

of every possible way, in the words of his sermon on Song of Solomon
5:1, to lay his soul “in the way of allurement.”

Listen to these words of Edwards from his sermon “The Christian
Pilgrim” about the allurement he found in God:
The enjoyment of him is our highest happiness, and is the only happiness
with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to
enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations
here: better than fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, or children, or
the company of any or all earthly friends. These are but shadows; but
God is the substance. These are but scattered beams; but God is the
sun. These are but streams; but God is the fountain. These are but
drops; but God is the ocean.

This Sunday I plan to make the point that our enjoyment of food is to point us to the same joy.